Updated bug description with a design resolution. Marking as Won't Fix as described behaviour is intended.
** Description changed: Steps: * open messaging app * drag one of the items on the list to the right * tap on the trash icon Expected: * only today's messages are removed or at least there's a confirmation dialog Current: * whole history of messaging with a contact is removed The fact that conversations are separated by days suggests as if a single item was a conversation within that day. But in fact they're complete conversations just ordered by date (which is actually different than the phone log, which *is* split by date, and removing an item there only affects a day's events). I wonder if it would be better to indeed show multiple entries for a single contact, in each day a message was sent either way, this being a shortcut to a certain message when opening. It feels like this would be better in the long run (imagine many years of messaging history). That might deserve another bug though. ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 15.04 Package: messaging-app 0.1+15.04.20141210-0ubuntu1 Uname: Linux 3.4.67 armv7l ApportVersion: 2.15-0ubuntu3 Architecture: armhf Date: Wed Jan 7 00:06:35 2015 InstallationDate: Installed on 2014-12-17 (20 days ago) InstallationMedia: Ubuntu Vivid Vervet (development branch) - armhf (20141217-020204) SourcePackage: messaging-app UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install) + + ------- UX comment & resolution -------- + + There is an active action of + 1. dragging the list item in the conversation overview to the right + 2. tapping the delete icon + + This means that there is already a two step interaction in place before + the message is deleted, hence no additional confirmation dialog is + needed. This would place an unnecessary 3rd step in place. + + It wouldn't make much sense to delete just today's messages, because you + are removing the whole conversation. The behaviour of removing the whole + message with a contact is intended. ** Changed in: ubuntu-ux Status: Triaged => Won't Fix -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Touch seeded packages, which is subscribed to messaging-app in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1408159 Title: [messaging] Too easy to delete whole conversation history with a contact Status in Ubuntu UX: Won't Fix Status in messaging-app package in Ubuntu: New Bug description: Steps: * open messaging app * drag one of the items on the list to the right * tap on the trash icon Expected: * only today's messages are removed or at least there's a confirmation dialog Current: * whole history of messaging with a contact is removed The fact that conversations are separated by days suggests as if a single item was a conversation within that day. But in fact they're complete conversations just ordered by date (which is actually different than the phone log, which *is* split by date, and removing an item there only affects a day's events). I wonder if it would be better to indeed show multiple entries for a single contact, in each day a message was sent either way, this being a shortcut to a certain message when opening. It feels like this would be better in the long run (imagine many years of messaging history). That might deserve another bug though. ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 15.04 Package: messaging-app 0.1+15.04.20141210-0ubuntu1 Uname: Linux 3.4.67 armv7l ApportVersion: 2.15-0ubuntu3 Architecture: armhf Date: Wed Jan 7 00:06:35 2015 InstallationDate: Installed on 2014-12-17 (20 days ago) InstallationMedia: Ubuntu Vivid Vervet (development branch) - armhf (20141217-020204) SourcePackage: messaging-app UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install) ------- UX comment & resolution -------- There is an active action of 1. dragging the list item in the conversation overview to the right 2. tapping the delete icon This means that there is already a two step interaction in place before the message is deleted, hence no additional confirmation dialog is needed. This would place an unnecessary 3rd step in place. It wouldn't make much sense to delete just today's messages, because you are removing the whole conversation. The behaviour of removing the whole message with a contact is intended. To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu-ux/+bug/1408159/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~touch-packages Post to : touch-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~touch-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp